The high court is set to determine whether former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko’s impeachment by the county assembly and the Senate was lawful. – By Meshack Makau.
The three- judge bench comprising of Justice Said Chitembwe, Weldon Korir and Wilfrida Okwany will deliver the judgement on Thursday 2.30pm.
Sonko and his legal team hopes that the verdict will reinstate him to the position.
The flamboyant Governor was sent home by a ruthless Senate, which voted over 4 charges.
In all the charges; 27 senators upheld the charges, while 16 chose to oppose.
However, two senators chose to abstain the vote; one of them being Nairobi senator Johnson Sakaja.
Sonko fell out with President Uhuru Kenyatta over the decision to handover key functions to the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS).
He currently has an active corruption case in court, and was ordered to stay away from his office until the case is settled.
Currently his Deputy Governor nominee Ann Kananu is incharge of the duties left behind after the deed of transfer.
